Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Credence by Penelope Douglas

235 reviews

demy_summer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

crispr_breadboard's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

tectonixduchess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is the most disgustingly cringe and taboo book I have read. Sex was hot tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment

dawnlayla0715's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

casleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

ninczo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

meat_muffin's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

s3vn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Well.. if ignoring the sexism, gaslighting, predatory behaviour,  toxic possessiveness, non-consent and the fact that the main character is 17-18… it was okay. i liked the main character, but the guys were a bunch of toxic assholes tbh. Still, the writing and plot was quite alright. I even cried at one point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I enjoyed this one. The story was pretty good. Some of the moments filled with so much emotion bleeding through really drawing you in. If you enjoy stories that have lots of character development and difficult sordid pasts you'll likely enjoy this book.
My biggest 'complaint' was that it was very predictable. Now that's not too say it was bad and could just be my familiarity with reading so much in this genre.
The character building in this book was fantastic, Penelope does a really great job drawing you into each character. So much so that even though some are so unlikeable you're still drawn in wanting to see where their story leads. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

brianavoss123's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment